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Upon its release in September 2023, represented Bethesda’s first new universe in 25 years. A massive open-world roleplaying game set in the 24th century, the game sees players assume the role of a space miner in the employ of Argos Extractors two decades after the conclusion of a massive interplanetary war between Starfield’s two main factions, the United Colonies and the breakaway Freestar Collective. The protagonist finds themselves navigating a hostile and chaotic universe, seeking out powerful Artifacts on behalf of a mysterious group of explorers known only as Constellation while narrowly avoiding squabbling factions and the enigmatic Starborn.

One of the many organizations players will encounter throughout their time in is the secretive House Va’ruun, a sprawling theocracy in the Settled Systems that worships a hibernating deity known as the Great Serpent. Fervent believers in the Great Serpent’s impending awakening in an apocalyptic event they refer to as The Shrouding, House Va’ruun begins the game in isolation following the end of the Colony War, having quietly ratified the Armistice before retreating to seclusion. But the House’s relative isolation compared to rival factions in Starfield conceals over a century and a half of intricate lore, which has major ramifications for the game’s universe.

The roots of House Va’ruun lie within a colony ship, the, originating from New Atlantis, the capital city of the United Colonies, in 2190, according to 's official timeline. One of the passengers on the ship was a colonist named Jinan Va’ruun. As the entered into deep space from Martian orbit, the colony ship lost contact with New Atlantis. A year later, as the ship arrived in the previously unexplored Kavnyk system, Jinan Va’ruun experienced a hallucinatory episode during the final grav jump where he claimed to commune with the Great Serpent. As the ’ passengers began to colonize the Kavnyk system, Jinan slowly accumulated a dedicated sect enthralled by tales of